The Firefighter and the Nurse (closed)

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When the bell rang, it was time for action. Orderly, organized, well-practiced, the firefighter of Berkeley's Seventh Precinct suited up, loaded up, and headed out, sirens wailing.

Tommy Grey leapt off the firetruck as it pulled up to the burning house. He blinked, grit his teeth, and headed for the woman screaming in the front yard.

"Michael!" she cried out, in tears. Tommy ran up to her, and she turned to him. "My son is inside!" she cried, and fell to her knees. Tommy steeled his resolve, hefted his axe, and headed for the front door. The house wasn't completely aflame yet, but it would be soon. He ran through the front door, calling out for Michael.

"Where are you?" he yelled, quickly scanning each room he passed. The worst of the fire was in the back of the house; the kitchen. He had to jump back after looking in there, the heat was so intense.

"Help..." he heard a call from upstairs. He bolted up the stairs, and found the boy in his bedroom, flames licking the walls, smoke filling the room. The boy was nearly passed out on the floor. Tommy picked him up and headed back downstairs...

Just in time for a flaming beam to come crashing down, barring his escape through the front door. Frantically, he looked for a window, and found one in the front living room. He grabbed a vase and threw it, shattering the glass. A moment later, another firefighter, his good friend Geoff, was there to help.

"Give me the boy!" he said, breaking down the rest of the dangerous shards of glass from the frame. Tommy handed the boy over, through the window.

He was climbing through the window himself when the gas main blew...

*****

He was a young boy, twelve or so, when he saw his first fire. He was beaten, bruised, and had just crawled out into the front yard. His family's home going up in flames. "Timmy!" he cried, yelling, though his voice was hoarse from breathing too much smoke.

A moment later, he saw the babysitter come stumbling out, her clothes ripped. She was crying...

"Where's Timmy?" he asked her when she fell next to him, and they could both hear Timmy scream inside...

*****

Tommy woke up with a start, confused. His head was pounding, his whole body ached. He looked around. He was in a hospital bed. He realized he was lucky to he alive. "Fuck," he groaned, looking down at his body. There were numerous bandages over his skin. He knew there were burns underneath, though he had no idea of the severity. At least none of his limbs were broken. He breathed in; and felt a searing pain in his side. Broken ribs.

Could be worse. He leaned back in the bed, and closed his eyes. A moment later, Geoff came through. "Hey, you're up! Nurse! He's awake!" his friend called out, and came over to him. "How ya feelin?"

"Like hell. Anyone else hurt?"

"No, man, all good. You did a hell of a job back there."

Tommy snorted. "Not good enough." He coughed, and then the nurse came in, and his jaw dropped when he saw her...

 

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Jamie Montgomery
Age: 24
Occupation: Trauma Nurse
Brunette, bright green eyes, 5'2, 120 lbs, from and athletic with a nice chest and great ass.

Jamie scrubbed at her eyes with the back of her hands. God she was tired. 36 hours down... 8 to go. Just for a moment she lay her forehead down against the cool granite countertop of the nurses counter, while stifling a yawn. At that moment in time she could stop moving. Noone needed meds. Noone was coding. No one was shouting for her. It was like heaven.

She truly did love her job.. The challenges, saving people's lives... She just hated these extended shifts. They were exhausting. She would probably go home from work and collapse in bed and end up sleeping for two days.

"Ambulance is coming. ETA three minutes. Some firefighter had a building explode on him. Multiple burns, some severe, possible broken ribs, maybe a head injury but we aren't sure".

This was all shouted by her friend Amy as she flew towards the ER entrance. Jamie groaned and followed close on Amy's heels. This is what she loved though. The fast paced environment. It was always something needing to be done.

They arrived at the entrance just as the ambulance pulled up, sirens wailing. The back door opened and the paramedic, a man they all knew named jack hopped out, repeating vital signs. "He's out cold" he reported to Jamie and the doctors and other nurses.

Jamie stepped forwards to help them all... And froze. That face. It was all too familiar... Except she was remembering a younger version of it. Her mind went blank and suddenly she was back 9 years. She was 15, he was around 10 or so. Se remembered the man with the mask kicking in the door, and her yelling at him to run.

Then she pictured that same face looking at her with huge eyes, as they both listened to the frantic screams of his brother, and were powerless to help.

"JAMIE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!? Lets GO!" Amy yelled, snapping Jamie from her flashback.

"Tommy..." She murmured before stepping up and doin her job. It was fast work. X-rays and mri's, wrapping ribs, treating burns.. It seemed to all fly by as they worked furiously and the entire time he didn't wake up. Her heart was beating frantically. That had been the last day she had seen tommy, the boy she used to babysit. She had no idea that he had become a firefighter. She wondered if that day was the reason why.

Finally they got him into a room where all they could do was wait. He had no obvious head trauma. It seemed he was just unconscious to give his body a break.

Jamie paced the hall by his room, worrying herself over the man who had once been that innocent little boy.

Suddenly she heard the other firefighter call out. She darted into the room to check on him, only to realize he was awake, and staring at her with a horrified expression. She instantly blinked back a few tears, and approached slowly.

"Hey Tommy", she said quietly, her green eyes still swimming a bit with tears.

 

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Jamie

Tommy couldn't believe his eyes. "J-Jamie?" he stuttered, blinked. "Is that you?"

It certainly had to be. His old babysitter; she had been watching him and his brother that fateful night, so many years ago. The night the men came...

A chill ran up his spine. "Jamie..." he said, his eyes locked with hers now. He hadn't seen her since that night. He never knew what became of her. "Wha... What are you doing here?" he asked, knowing as soon as the words fell out of his mouth what a dumb question it was. She was his nurse, obviously.

Geoff, meanwhile, sat confused between them. "Uhh, dude, she's your nurse," he said.

His words snapped Tommy out of his thoughts. "Uhh, yeah... Geoff, can you give us a minute. Jamie's an old friend."

"Yeah," he said, still confused, "I'm gonna grab some food." He turned to leave. "Ma'am," he said to Jamie as he passed her, leaving them alone together.

 

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Jamie stood back and let Geoff pass before walking up and starting to check Tommy's vital signs. She was silent for a few moments, trying to compose herself. That night had been the worst of her life. It still was.

"How are you feeling,tommy?" She asked. Deciding to ignore his question of why she was there. "Any dizziness, blurry vision?" She had her back turned to him so he couldn't see her face.

"You've got some really serious burns, especially on your torso... And broken ribs. Possibly a slight concussion..."

Her mind suddenly flashed back again to that night. A firefighter running in to the burning house to try and save Timmy. Then him coming back out, with a nearly unrecognizable body in his arms. Timmy's. The boy had still been alive at that point ... But barely. And not for long.

Tears pooled in Jamie's eyes again and she dashed them away angrily.

"I can't believe you became a firefighter" she said hoarsely, still without facing him.

 

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"Umm, no, just a headache," Tommy said, watching her move, working around him. Caring for him. She couldn't seem to bring herself to look at him. He wasn't sure what to say. He wanted to reach out to her, touch her. The memories of that awful night burned hard in his mind.

"I never wanted to be anything else," he said. "After... After what happened..."

He had tried so hard not to think about it, for so long. In high school he had gone through a period of drug and alcohol abuse, terrible depression... He still drank... More than he should.

He rubbed his temple. He looked at her. "Jamie..."

 

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Jamie noted the headache on his chart and listened to him explain about being a firefighter. She could understand. She had become a nurse to help others because of that fateful night too. She had felt helpless then.

She was writing something on his chart when tommy spoke her name. She forced herself to look him in the face finally. He had become quite a man to look at, she thought idolly. How had that little boy grown into such a hottie?

"Your parents never spoke to me or my parents again after that night" she finally said softly. "They said I had been negligent, and it was my fault those men came in the house". Her body shuddered involuntarily at the memory.

"I wasn't allowed to go to the ... To the funeral. Or to speak to you. Mom told me it was for the best. I failed three classes that year... Started smokin pot... I really spiraled downhill. I hit bottom before I finally picked myself back up."

It was the most she had said to him since he woke up. It was like a dam burst and she had to say it all. She couldn't stop it.

 

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Tommy frowned. "My parents... They... Fuck, I'm sorry, Jamie," he said. His mind boggled. He had no idea about any of that. "My folks got divorced about a year after that happened," he said.

He shook his head. "They never got over it. How could they... They lost everything. My mom... She passed. It was her own doing. And Dad... I don't know. He started a new life somewhere else. I guess... Every time he looked at me, he just saw Tim."

Tears welled up in his eyes. He never talked about this stuff. Ever.

 

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Jamie listene intently as Tommy talked. She swiped at her eyes again. She could imagine losing a child would tear a couple apart. How WOULD you cope? But to abandon your other child who probably needed you more than ever? That was mind blowing to her.

"God, Tommy..." She said softly a reached over to touch his hand... Just as Geoff walked back in.

"What up hero?" He practically sang as he walked in with a huge teddy bear and a soda. He handed the soda to Tommy, then turned and handed the bear to Jamie.

"For the beautiful long lost friend and nurse who looks like somebody kicked her puppy today".

The man was totally oblivious to the emotions filling the room. Jamie couldn't help but laugh. "Gee, thanks" she said softly, her voice hoarse with emotion.

Her eyes tracked back to Tommy and she gave him a sad smile that promised to talk later.

 

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Tommy just wanted to grab Jamie and hold her. When he had been a kid, she had seemed so big to him, so much older and grown up and... And now she seemed a lot more like him. Hurting. Vulnerable. Broken, in a way, but surviving.

That's it. She was a survivor. He gave her a nod, the same promise, as Geoff sat down.

"I'm fine, man. Don't you gotta get back to work? Sure there's a kitty somewhere stuck up a tree," Tommy said.

Geoff snorted. "Yeah, probably. Now's my chance to shine. With you laid up, somebody's gotta be the first to run in and save someone." Geoff smirked, turning to Jamie. "Can you believe this guy? I've never seen someone so eager to run into a fire. He's always the first one off the truck, the first one breaking in to rescue someone." He looked back at Tommy. "It's like he's got something to prove."

"Nah, just a chip on my shoulder," Tommy replied.

 

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Jamie couldn't help but smile at the camaraderie between Geoff and Tommy. It was nice to see. Geoff teased Tommy about always being first into a fire. This broke Jamie's heart. The chip on his shoulder... Jamie knew what it was. She wondered if Geoff did.

She sat Tommy's clipboard back down and smiled, but it was a fake one. "I uh have to go check on some things... I'll be back to check on you in a bit, Tommy. Nice to meet you Geoff".

With that she walked out the door and leaned on the wall beside it, closing her eye and catching her breath. She could hear Geoff talking a mile a minute.

"Dude, she's gorgeous. Who is she? How do you know her? She was sure emotional. Do you have dibs on her?" He fired off questions left and right.

Jamie couldnt help but wait and try to hear Tommy's answers.

 

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"Dude, she's gorgeous. Who is she? How do you know her? She was sure emotional. Do you have dibs on her?" He fired off questions left and right.

Tommy glared at him, and Geoff knew what that meant, before Tommy started explaining.

"She... Jamie was my babysitter when I was a kid. For me and my brother."

"You've got a brother?"

"Had. There was... There was a fire. Our house went up. When she was sitting. It wasn't her fault at all. But my brother, Timmy..."

"Dude. Okay. I had no idea."

"I know," Tommy said. "I don't talk about it."

"If you ever need to..."

"I know."

Silence filled the room. Geoff put his hand on Tommy's shoulder. "Ow," Tommy responded, and they both laughed.

"But yeah," Tommy said, "So off limits. Don't even go there. She's been through hell."

 

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Jamie heard his words and felt more tears prick her eyes. "SHIT" she muttered to herself. She was never this emotional. EVER. But he was brig protective of her. All she could think about was how innocent and easy going he had been as a kid. That five year age gap back then had seemed huge. He had been a puny little kid.

Now he was a hero, saving people's lives. Protecting her even though they barely knew each other anymore. That innocence she had once knew was gone now. Replaced now by years of anguish, hard knock lessons, and just life in general.

She pushed away from the wall and walked out the nearest exit. Her stomach was churning. Sitting down with her head between her legs, she groaned.

Life sucked.

 

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"All right buddy, I gotta go," Geoff said, and Tommy bid him farewell.

"Get back to work, asshole," he said, and they laughed and Geoff headed out, leaving Tommy on his own. He wondered where Jamie was. If he'd even see her again. He sighed and took a drink of the soda Geoff had left him, desperately wishing it was a beer.

He leaned back in his hospital bed. The burns hurt. His ribs hurt. His whole fucking body hurt. He thought back to Jamie. He wanted to see her again, but he had no idea when she was coming back. If ever. He groaned.

That night, that awful night, had changed their lives. He'd always wondered what happened to her, what she had done... But as the years passed, he had pushed her out of his mind. The drugs had helped, of course. But now he was face-to-face with reality.

He wanted her.

 

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Jamie took an hour break to compose herself and get herself together. Finally she entered Tommy's room with a soft knock.

"Is it ok to come in?" She asked softly, peeking around the door jam. When he said it was ok she walked over to his bed.

"Sorry for earlier" she said quirky as she looked at his vitals. "I'm not usually that way... I... It was just such a shock to see you... And to see you the way you came in brought back some... Um... Some flashbacks."

"Your vitals are all stable enough for you to go home, Tommy, but you need to have someone with you for 48 hours in case any late symptoms crop up. Can Geoff stay with you? Or another friend?"

She knew from their earlier conversation that he had no family left to speak of.
Her heart ached for him... And for herself. Why had two you children been subjected to such a horrendous experience? It wasn't fair... But it had shaped who they were today.

 

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"It's okay," Tommy said. He was happy to hear that he wouldn't have to stay too long in the hospital. As much as he was enjoying the company... And the view. Jamie had always been attractive; he'd definitely harbored a crush on his babysitter when he was little. But she'd certainly blossomed into quite the woman!

"Yeah, uhh, I guess... I need to make some phone calls," he said, not even sure to who yet. Most of the guys from the precinct would be tied up with work. His family... was gone. And his friends...

He didn't really have much going on in that department. He'd pushed away everyone who got too close. He was insular, reserved. He never let anyone in. He was driven, certainly, to be good at his job.

 

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Jamie glanced towards him from the corner of her eye. Tommy was looking unsure. The look on his face combined with the bandages and wires made this gorgeous, viral man look... Vulnerable. It reminded her of the boy he used to be.

"Tommy?" She spoke quietly. "Do you really have someone you can call?" Her green eyes were imploring as she asked. She wondered if he was one of those men whose career was his life.

She walked over and sat gingerly on the edge of the bed and began peeling off a large bandage covering his abs where he had a rather bad burn. The dressing needed changing and he needed more cream on it.

"Truthfully?" She asked, as her soft hands gently rubbed ointment into the raw spot that was probably as big as two baseballs put together. The sore looked red as angry.

"You need to keep an eye on this and make sure it doesn't get infected. I'll get the doctor to right you am antibiotic prescription before you leave".

 

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"Ouch..." he mumbled, her hands on his burn stinging. But the cooling ointment helped. He liked having her hands on him. He looked at her.

"Truthfully... I really don't," he admitted. This wasn't like him. Normally, he would lie, and just take care of it himself. But there was something about Jamie... He knew she could always see right through him when he lied. She always had. Like the time he tried to blame a broken vase on Timmy. She called him out on it. And he never lied to her again.

He still couldn't.

 

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"I'm sorry," she apologized. "The ointment will help it heal faster". She moved from burn to burn, on his abs, ribs, shoulders... She couldn't help but admire the lean muscle that rippled beneath the burnt flesh. He was a gorgeous specimen of a man.

She frowned when he admitted to not having anyone. She had moved on to a burn particularly high on his thigh. As she peeled the bandage off she couldn't help but see the head of his cock laying close by. She quickly averted her eye and blushed slightly as she rubbed the cream on him.

"Well," she said softly. "I get off work in five hours. If you need and want me to I can come with you, or you with me, for the next two days. Who better to look afte you than an old babysitter and nurse?"

She gave him a rather shy looking smile, reassuring him that she would help if she needed to.

 

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Her hands on him, tenderly changing his bandages, helping him heal, felt so good. He watched her work, and admired the skill with which she went about her job. When she went to change the one on his upper thigh, his body reacted naturally to the closeness of a female to his crotch, and he felt a rush of blood begin to fill his cock.

He hoped to hell he didn't get a full erection right there in front of her!

He was taken aback by her offer. But how could he refuse? As she continued to rub the cream into his burn, his dick continued to stiffen...

"I'd like that, Jamie," he said. "Thank you."

 

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"It's... Well... It's the least I can do", she finally said.

As Jamie began to apply the bandage to Tommy's leg she noticed his clock beginning to swell slightly with blood. A blush crept up her neck to her cheeks. An erection was a natural reaction it happened all of the time but with Tommy it seemed... Different. Intimate.

Swallowing softly, Jamie maintained her professionalism and finished dressing the burns. Once she was done she stood up. She unhooked the wires from his body essentially freeing him.

"I'm gonna start your discharge papers. You can get up and go to the bathroom or whatever you need to do... Just take it easy til I get back, ok? You have three cracked ribs along with the burns." She hesitated. "Im glad you're ok Tommy. You're lucky to be alive".

With that she turned and walked out to do other rounds.

 

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"Thanks," he said again, watching her walk out the door. She did have a very nice butt, filling the nurse's scrubs wonderfully. He shook his head, leaned back. He got up and tried to walk around, but quickly discovered how much his whole body still hurt.

She was right. He was lucky to be alive. After using the bathroom he settled back on the hospital bed and turned on the TV, and let his mind drift. It wasn't long before he was back asleep...

*****

The crash of breaking glass startled them; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was on the TV, but this crash was in the kitchen.

Two men in masks breaking in.

Punching the boys, knocking them down, beating them...

Grabbing Jamie as she ran for the phone...

*****

Tommy came to with a start. "Fuck," he grunted, rubbing his temples. He shook his head.

He needed a drink.

 

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Jamie went about the rest of her day, doing rounds and occasionally checking on Tommy. It seemed to drag on forever but finally her 48 hour shift came to an end. With a sigh of contentment she punched her time card, changed into a pair of tight jeans and a form fitting tank top, then headed to Tommy's room.

Knocking lightly she walked in. "Ready to go?" She asked, before seeing the look on his face. "Are you ok? What's wrong?" Thinking something was up with his injuries.

She walked over and placed a hand on his uninjured shoulder. "Tommy what is it?" Her green eyes were full of concern as she stared at him.

 

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He shook himself out of it. "Uh, sorry, nothing, just... Just a bad dream," he said, and gingerly moved himself off the bed. He stood up; his whole body still hurt like hell. It was going to be a little while before he could go back to work.

He smiled at her, trying to push the dream away. "Tell me you've got some beer at your place," he said, as he grabbed his few belongings off the table next to the bed. He realized he was still in the hospital gown. "I'm gonna need a change of clothes, I think," he said. "Do you mind stopping by my place?"

 

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Jamie winced as she watched him haul his large gram up off of the bed. She knew he had to be sore... He asked about beer and she smiled slightly. "There's a few there... But you shouldn't drink much, with the medicine it will be that much more potent."

She walked forward and grabbed his belongings for him. "We can stop by so you can get whatever you will need. No problem. I'm off for three days so I'm in no rush."

Together they walked slowly out to Jamie's black Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. She stood by as he climbed into the seat. His ribs had to be killing him. She had once cracked a rib playing softball, and that hurt like hell, let alone breaking three of them.

She tried to drive as slow as possible, avoiding pot holes, while following Tommy's directions to his house.

"This one she asked?" Pulling up to where he had said.

 

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"That's it," he said, as they pulled up to the small house. It was a simple affair; little white picket fence, single story, small yard. The grass was green and recently cut. "You wanna come in for a minute?" he asked her as he got out, wincing at the stabbing pain in his side.

He opened the front door and they headed inside. It was sparsely furnished, but clean. The walls were bare save for a mounted flat-screen TV. A sofa and recliner, mismatched. "Just, uh, make yourself comfortable," he said, and headed for his bedroom. He peeled off the hospital gown, found a pair of briefs and gym shorts, a loose-fitting tee shirt, and put them on, gingerly.

He started to get the feeling this was not going to be an easy recovery.

He packed up a few changes of clothes in a gym bag, and some essentials from the bathroom; he had a feeling he might be staying at Jamie's for a couple nights. Ready to go, he headed back out to the living room. "All set," he said, smiling softly at her. She looked absolutely delicious in her tight-fitting clothes. She had an amazing body, for starters. Part of him hoped they would get a lot closer over the next few days, but he wasn't counting on it. He'd pushed so many women away over the years, with his baggage and temper. He didn't want the same thing to happen to her.

She was the closest thing to family he had left.